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Atomic Bomb and Decision Making

"To achieve the desired goals or maximize utility, an actor must choose among certain alternatives" (Model Theory, 2002). The alt...

Ethnic Groups in the United States

views. Generally, the idea of ethnic or racial tolerance takes two approaches; in the one, acceptance consists of ignoranc...

Americans on the Homefront and the Impact of the Second World War

interested in becoming involved in WWII. We felt that the concerns were not related to us and we wanted nothing to do with it. We ...

Comparing U.S. and Japanese Politics

governed by a Prime Minister who is elected by the members of the Diet. The Prime Minister then chooses members of his cabinet, mu...

Atomic Bombs Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Reasons Behind Them

The assumption was that Germans were working as feverishly on atomic power as was the U.S. - and it was only late in 1944 that the...

Second World War Atomic Bombs Usage Justifications

number of lives lost as a result of the atomic bombs. This paper will seek to illustrate that there are, therefore,...

Pearl Harbor and Intelligence

In six pages this paper considers possible failures of U.S. intelligence as they involve the Pearl Harbor bombing by the Japanese ...

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombing Causes

In five pages this paper discusses the events that culminated in the U.S. bombing of these Japanese cities. Five sources are list...

Student Supplied Case Study on a Japanese Joint Venture and Labor Problems

which would result in very expensive litigation in both Japan and the United States. The situation will cause the company to lose ...

Food Culture of Japan

Part of the difference between the American and the Japanese food psyche is undoubtedly related...

Laws of Exclusion and Japanese Immigration

workers from immigrating to the US (Peck 12). Ironically, the exclusion of the Chinese served to encourage Japanese immigration, ...

Second World War and Japanese Internment in the US

most of whom were U.S. citizens or legal permanent resident aliens. They were detained for up to 4 years, without due process of l...

Japanese Knotweed Eradication Company Business Plan Setup

risks of soil erosion and flooding and also reduces the biodiversity of an area where there is an intrusion due to the rate and na...

JAPANESE ECONOMY

and a corporate investment boom (Madsen and Katz, 2009). Combined with that were huge trade surpluses, which caused GDP growth and...

Japanese Consensus Decision Making

the recommended decision a decision (Ala and Cordeiro, 1999). When the decision has been agreed upon, the final decision is record...

Are GE's Practices Transferable

to its success. In terms of culture, individual achievement is always rewarded (See Bartlett and McLean, 2006 and Grant, 2005); th...

Human Resource Management at a Telecommunications Company

high level of reliance on technical skills of relatively few employees as well as services standards, at both customer contact poi...

Sample Business Plan

the aim of marketing and provides services to eradicate areas on knotweed that already exist or appear in the South Wales area. Th...

Analysis of Harvard Business School Komatsu Case Study

success. While a firm can have a lot of things, image can prove quite valuable. Komatsu has handled itself well. Komatsu has been ...

Australia's Orix Fleet Services Planning

In six pages this Australian owned subsidiary of a Japanese company is discussed in terms of goals, performance, and parent corpor...

Mabuchi Motor Company Case Study Analysis

kudos from the United States. The issue being addressed is management in different cultures and through the use of one case stu...

Guangzhou Guowei Piped LPG Development Co., Ltd. Financing

Chinese market and knows it well. It has suggested that it extends a $10 million loan to GG at an interest rate equal to LIBOR (L...

Real-World Approaches to Compensation

solves. The Chubb Group of Insurance companies follows only industry average, or slightly higher compensation that base ave...

Employee Motivation at Disney

1923, seeking to sell an animated film he created in Kansas to a California distributor. A distributor agreed, and Walt and his b...

Environmental Factors In the Marketing of McDonalds

of marketing to children and the sale of happy meals. This targets families with children with meals especially designed for them ...

American and Japanese Cultures Case Study

just be that the customer service department gets an overhaul. In fact, many firms today are criticized for giving shoddy customer...

Market Analysis of BOH Tea Company

different countries, but is best known it its home country. This is the dominant brand in the Malaysian tea market but it has had ...

Tutorial on Cultural Understanding

companys policy - she fired the employee who was stealing and called the local authorities to report it. She filled out all the re...

WTO and Chiquita Brands

The very idea of guarding an industry to "help" it survive seems - superficially at least - to be a reasonable approach to the pre...

Lending Institutions and Practices of Mortgage Lending

Rates, terms, payment schedules and so forth seem to be up for grabs in a world where mortgages "can be put through a financial V...